monetary stimulus

noun [C]

Definition

› ECONOMICS an effort to increase economic activity by increasing the amount of money in the economy: Policy makers have refused to rule out further expansion of monetary stimulus.

(Definition of monetary stimulus noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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